Winston Tong did the artwork for The Dinosaur Coloring Book (1969). The artist of Beasties Coloring Book (1970), Vernon Koski, was posthumously selected to have his ashes incorporated into a painting, which is in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Whyte wrote educational text for many of the books. In 1982 Whyte sold Troubador, which is now a subsidiary of Penguin-Putnam, and continued to produce Troubador books for the new owners until 1994. ( Dungeons & Dragons), and Edward Gorey ( Gorey Games, Gorey Cats Paper Dolls). Whyte worked with licenses from Harry Abrams & Co. Troubador incorporated in 1970, ceased greeting card manufacturing and became a full-time book publisher, producing scores of critically acclaimed educational books for children (game books, activity books, elaborate color-and-story books), specialty cookbooks ( Complete Yogurt Cookbook and The Original Diet, both by raw vegetarian pioneer Karen Cross Whyte), and art books ( The Scrimshander and the initial edition of Great Comic Cats). In 1967 the press published its first book, The Fat Cat Coloring & Limerick Book with art by Donna Sloan and verses by Whyte. Whyte founded Troubador Press in 1959 as a job printer and designer/printer of greetings cards. Additionally he wrote and produced two catalogs for touring exhibitions: Draw Me A Story, A Century of Children’s Book Illustration and Walk In Beauty, Discovering American Indian Art. He wrote and produced exhibition catalogs that featured the art of Walt Kelly, Charles Schulz, Edward Gorey, and Charles Crumb, Robert Crumb, and Maxon Crumb. Whyte founded the Cartoon Art Museum in 1984. Whyte lives in Marin County, California with his wife, author Karen Cross Whyte. His taste is for unique, offbeat ideas with a sense of good humor and produced with an eye for color and beautiful graphics as represented by The Original Old Radio Game (possibly the world's first trivia book) from 1965 to Maxon: Art Out of Chaos, FU (Fantagraphics Underground) Press, 2018. He has produced nearly 200 books, 45 of which he has written or co-written. Malcolm Whyte is an author, editor, publisher, and founder of the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco.
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